1998–99 Dallas Mavericks season

The 1998–99 NBA season was the Mavericks' 19th season in the National Basketball Association. On March 23, 1998, the owners of all 29 NBA teams voted 27–2 to reopen the league's collective bargaining agreement, seeking changes to the league's salary cap system, and a ceiling on individual player salaries. The National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) opposed to the owners' plan, and wanted raises for players who earned the league's minimum salary. After both sides failed to reach an agreement, the owners called for a lockout, which began on July 1, 1998, putting a hold on all team trades, free agent signings and training camp workouts, and cancelling many NBA regular season and preseason games. Due to the lockout, the NBA All-Star Game, which was scheduled to be played in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 14, 1999, was also cancelled.

However, on January 6, 1999, NBA commissioner David Stern, and NBPA director Billy Hunter finally reached an agreement to end the lockout. The deal was approved by both the players and owners, and was signed on January 20, ending the lockout after 204 days. The regular season began on February 5, and was cut short to just 50 games per team instead of the regular 82-game schedule.

In the 1998 NBA draft, the Mavericks selected Robert Traylor from the University of Michigan with the sixth overall pick, but soon traded him to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for their top draft pick, and German basketball star Dirk Nowitzki. In the off-season, the team acquired point guard Steve Nash from the Phoenix Suns, signed free agents Gary Trent, and Hot Rod Williams, and released Khalid Reeves to free agency later on during the regular season, as he later on signed with the Detroit Pistons. However, the young Mavericks still struggled losing eight of their first nine games, but began to show promise by posting their first winning record at home in nine years at 15–10. However, with Cedric Ceballos only playing just 13 games due to a wrist injury, they were still a mile away from the playoffs as they finished fifth in the Midwest Division with a 19–31 record.

Michael Finley averaged 20.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.3 steals per game, while Trent averaged 16.0 points and 7.8 rebounds per game, and Ceballos provided the team with 12.5 points per game. In addition, Shawn Bradley averaged 8.6 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game, while Hubert Davis contributed 9.1 points per game, Robert Pack averaged 8.9 points and 3.2 assists per game in only just 25 games due to injury, Nowitzki provided with 8.2 points per game, and Nash contributed 7.9 points and 5.5 assists per game. Trent also finished in third place in Most Improved Player voting.

Following the season, A.C. Green was traded back to his former team, the Los Angeles Lakers, while Samaki Walker signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs, and second-year center Chris Anstey was traded to the Chicago Bulls.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1998 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	6	Robert Traylor	PF/C	United States	Michigan
2	30	Ansu Sesay	SF	United States	Mississippi
2	35	Bruno Šundov	C	Croatia
2	53	Greg Buckner	SG	United States	Clemson

Robert Traylor was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks for Pat Garrity and Dirk Nowitzki.

Roster

1998–99 Dallas Mavericks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
C	11	Anstey, Chris	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	249 lb (113 kg)	1975–01–01	Australia
C	44	Bradley, Shawn	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1972–03–22	BYU
G/F	23	Ceballos, Cedric	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1969–08–02	Cal State Fullerton
G	24	Davis, Hubert	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	1970–05–17	North Carolina
G/F	4	Finley, Michael	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1973–03–06	Wisconsin
F	45	Green, A.C.	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1963–10–04	Oregon State
G	13	Nash, Steve	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1974–02–07	Santa Clara
F/C	41	Nowitzki, Dirk	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	237 lb (108 kg)	1978–06–19	Germany
G	14	Pack, Robert	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1969–02–03	USC
F	—	Sesay, Ansu (IN)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1976–07–29	Mississippi
G	20	Strickland, Erick	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1973–11–25	Nebraska
C	40	Šundov, Bruno	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1980–02–10	The Winchendon School (HS)
F	33	Trent, Gary	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1974–09–22	Ohio
F/C	52	Walker, Samaki	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1976–02–25	Louisville
C	18	Williams, Hot Rod	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1962–08–09	Tulane

Head coach

Don Nelson

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(IN) Inactive
Injured

Roster

Roster Notes

Center Shawn Bradley holds both American and German citizenship.
Rookie small forward Ansu Sesay missed the entire season due to a broken right foot, and never played for the Mavericks.

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-San Antonio Spurs	37	13	.740	–	21–4	16–9	17–4
x-Utah Jazz	37	13	.740	–	22–3	15–10	15–3
x-Houston Rockets	31	19	.620	6	19–6	12–13	12–9
x-Minnesota Timberwolves	25	25	.500	12	18–7	7–18	11–9
Dallas Mavericks	19	31	.380	18	15–10	4–21	8–12
Denver Nuggets	14	36	.280	23	12–13	2–23	5–16
Vancouver Grizzlies	8	42	.160	29	7–18	1–24	3–18

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-San Antonio Spurs	37	13	.740	–
2	y-Portland Trail Blazers	35	15	.700	2
3	x-Utah Jazz	37	13	.740	–
4	x-Los Angeles Lakers	31	19	.620	6
5	x-Houston Rockets	31	19	.620	6
6	x-Sacramento Kings	27	23	.540	10
7	x-Phoenix Suns	27	23	.540	10
8	x-Minnesota Timberwolves	25	25	.500	12

9	Seattle SuperSonics	25	25	.500	12
10	Golden State Warriors	21	29	.420	16
11	Dallas Mavericks	19	31	.380	18
12	Denver Nuggets	14	36	.280	23
13	Los Angeles Clippers	9	41	.180	28
14	Vancouver Grizzlies	8	42	.160	29

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1998-99 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	VAN	WAS
Atlanta	—	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1
Boston	0–3	—	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–3	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–1
Charlotte	0–3	2–1	—	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–3	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
Chicago	1–3	1–2	1–2	—	0–3	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–2
Cleveland	1–2	2–2	1–2	3–0	—	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–2
Dallas	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	—	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	0–3	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–3	2–2	1–3	0–3	0–0	0–3	2–1	0–0
Denver	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	—	0–0	1–3	0–4	0–1	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–4	2–2	0–0	1–2	3–1	0–1
Detroit	2–1	3–0	0–3	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–4	1–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
Golden State	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	3–1	0–0	—	0–3	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–4	4–0	0–0
Houston	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	4–0	0–0	3–0	—	0–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–3	4–0	0–0
Indiana	1–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	—	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–0
L.A. Clippers	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–3	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	—	0–4	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	1–2	0–3	0–3	0–1	1–3	1–3	0–0
L.A. Lakers	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	4–0	—	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–3	2–1	0–0
Miami	3–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	—	2–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	3–0
Milwaukee	2–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	—	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–1
Minnesota	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	—	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–3	3–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–3	3–1	0–0
New Jersey	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–2	0–3	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–2	0–0	—	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1
New York	1–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	3–0	—	0–3	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1
Orlando	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1
Philadelphia	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	2–1	—	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2
Phoenix	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	0–3	2–2	3–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–0
Portland	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	—	4–0	1–3	2–2	0–0	1–2	4–0	0–0
Sacramento	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	0–4	—	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–2	4–0	1–0
San Antonio	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	—	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–0
Seattle	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	—	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–1
Toronto	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–3	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	—	0–0	1–0	2–2
Utah	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	4–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	—	3–0	1–0
Vancouver	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	0–3	0–4	0–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	0–3	0–4	0–3	1–2	0–1	0–3	—	0–0
Washington	1–2	1–3	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	—

Game log

1998–99 game log
Total: 19–31 (Home: 15–10; Road: 4–21)

February: 5–10 (home: 3–2; road: 2–8)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	February 5	@ Seattle	L 86–92 (OT)	Cedric Ceballos (16)	A.C. Green (11)	Nash, Finley (5)	KeyArena 17,072	0–1
2	February 7	@ Golden State	W 102–99 (2OT)	Cedric Ceballos (26)	Dirk Nowitzki (12)	Steve Nash (12)	The Arena in Oakland 12,039	1–1
3	February 9	Utah	L 79–90	Cedric Ceballos (19)	Dirk Nowitzki (9)	Steve Nash (4)	Reunion Arena 17,070	1–2
4	February 11	Houston	L 95–105	Robert Pack (31)	Shawn Bradley (8)	Michael Finley (4)	Reunion Arena 18,121	1–3
5	February 12	@ Denver	L 94–100	Michael Finley (28)	A.C. Green (8)	Steve Nash (9)	McNichols Sports Arena 10,012	1–4
6	February 14	@ Vancouver	L 92–96	Steve Nash (18)	Shawn Bradley (10)	Steve Nash (9)	General Motors Place 16,059	1–5
7	February 15	@ Portland	L 84–99	Michael Finley (21)	Samaki Walker (6)	Steve Nash (4)	Rose Garden 18,231	1–6
8	February 17	@ L.A. Lakers	L 88–101	Gary Trent (15)	Cedric Ceballos (8)	Robert Pack (7)	Great Western Forum 13,492	1–7
9	February 19	@ Golden State	L 79–84	Michael Finley (19)	Shawn Bradley (11)	Finley, Nash (4)	The Arena in Oakland 11,432	1–8
10	February 20	@ L.A. Clippers	W 105–90	Michael Finley (31)	Cedric Ceballos (11)	Steve Nash (6)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 10,946	2–8
11	February 22	@ Phoenix	L 83–101	Cedric Ceballos (21)	Shawn Bradley (7)	Robert Pack (5)	America West Arena 18,596	2–9
12	February 23	Atlanta	W 89–85	Michael Finley (22)	Gary Trent (10)	Robert Pack (8)	Reunion Arena 13,387	3–9
13	February 25	Denver	W 90–81	Finley, Ceballos (20)	Cedric Ceballos (13)	Steve Nash (5)	Reunion Arena 13,203	4–9
14	February 26	@ Utah	L 65–80	Robert Pack (18)	Samaki Walker (8)	Michael Finley (3)	Delta Center 19,911	4–10
15	February 27	Sacramento	W 97–90	Gary Trent (29)	Gary Trent (16)	Robert Pack (6)	Reunion Arena 15,009	5–10

March: 5–12 (home: 5–6; road: 0–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
16	March 2	L.A. Clippers	W 112–99	Michael Finley (20)	A.C. Green (12)	Michael Finley (9)	Reunion Arena 13,492	6–10
17	March 4	San Antonio	L 79–95	Gary Trent (14)	Dirk Nowitzki (6)	Michael Finley (6)	Reunion Arena 14,719	6–11
18	March 5	@ Utah	L 95–106	Michael Finley (29)	Finley, Trent (8)	Gary Trent (5)	Delta Center 19,539	6–12
19	March 7	@ Sacramento	L 89–94	Trent, Finley (18)	Gary Trent (14)	Steve Nash (7)	ARCO Arena 14,715	6–13
20	March 9	Phoenix	L 91–103	Michael Finley (22)	Shawn Bradley (14)	Michael Finley (12)	Reunion Arena 12,714	6–14
21	March 11	Orlando	W 93–76	Gary Trent (21)	A.C. Green (11)	Steve Nash (11)	Reunion Arena 14,553	7–14
22	March 13	Vancouver	W 91–74	Michael Finley (21)	Shawn Bradley (10)	Steve Nash (10)	Reunion Arena 14,184	8–14
23	March 15	Portland	L 91–106	Michael Finley (21)	A.C. Green (8)	Michael Finley (6)	Reunion Arena 14,046	8–15
24	March 17	@ New Jersey	L 87–88	Finley, Trent (21)	Gary Trent (16)	Finley, Nash (4)	Continental Airlines Arena 14,976	8–16
25	March 19	@ Detroit	L 87–94	Michael Finley (18)	Finley, Strickland (6)	Michael Finley (8)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 18,152	8–17
26	March 20	Sacramento	W 104–90	Nash, Finley, Trent (22)	Gary Trent (11)	Michael Finley (9)	Reunion Arena 16,161	9–17
27	March 22	L.A. Lakers	L 93–96	Michael Finley (23)	A.C. Green (10)	Michael Finley (8)	Reunion Arena 18,121	9–18
28	March 24	Houston	L 78–88	Shawn Bradley (20)	Shawn Bradley (13)	Michael Finley (8)	Reunion Arena 15,111	9–19
29	March 26	Denver	W 98–79	Michael Finley (27)	Shawn Bradley (8)	Erick Strickland (4)	Reunion Arena 13,096	10–19
30	March 27	@ San Antonio	L 77–99	Michael Finley (17)	Shawn Bradley (12)	Steve Nash (5)	Alamodome 25,921	10–20
31	March 29	Seattle	L 101–109	Gary Trent (20)	Samaki Walker (13)	Erick Strickland (7)	Reunion Arena 13,311	10–21
32	March 30	@ Minnesota	L 78–98	Gary Trent (16)	Gary Trent (11)	Steve Nash (10)	Target Center 15,609	10–22

April: 8–7 (home: 6–2; road: 2–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
33	April 1	L.A. Clippers	W 93–84	Michael Finley (22)	Shawn Bradley (13)	Steve Nash (9)	Reunion Arena 13,336	11–22
34	April 5	@ Minnesota	L 93–100	Gary Trent (26)	Gary Trent (8)	Steve Nash (7)	Target Center 14,107	11–23
35	April 7	@ Miami	L 87–93	Gary Trent (27)	Gary Trent (13)	Steve Nash (5)	Miami Arena 15,200	11–24
36	April 10	Golden State	L 90–91	Gary Trent (33)	Shawn Bradley (13)	Michael Finley (6)	Reunion Arena 14,218	11–25
37	April 13	San Antonio	W 92–86	Michael Finley (25)	Shawn Bradley (12)	Steve Nash (12)	Reunion Arena 13,142	12–25
38	April 15	Minnesota	W 101–95	Michael Finley (34)	Gary Trent (7)	Steve Nash (6)	Reunion Arena 13,034	13–25
39	April 16	@ Phoenix	L 85–92	Dirk Nowitzki (29)	Dirk Nowitzki (8)	Robert Pack (7)	America West Arena 18,623	13–26
40	April 17	Portland	L 94–102	Finley, Trent (24)	Gary Trent (10)	Michael Finley (5)	Reunion Arena 13,358	13–27
41	April 20	Phoenix	W 104–100	Michael Finley (36)	Finley, Bradley (10)	Finley, Davis, Nowitzki (4)	Reunion Arena 18,121	14–27
42	April 21	@ Houston	W 109–95	Michael Finley (27)	Trent, Bradley (10)	Michael Finley (11)	Compaq Center 16,285	15–27
43	April 22	@ San Antonio	L 76–103	Michael Finley (20)	Chris Anstey (10)	Davis, Finley, Trent, Strickland (2)	Alamodome 18,720	15–28
44	April 24	@ Sacramento	L 102–105	Gary Trent (32)	Gary Trent (14)	Michael Finley (8)	ARCO Arena 17,317	15–29
45	April 26	Chicago	W 101–93	Michael Finley (28)	Shawn Bradley (17)	Davis, Trent (5)	Reunion Arena 13,011	16–29
46	April 27	Vancouver	W 84–75	Gary Trent (20)	Shawn Bradley (12)	Finley, Trent (5)	Reunion Arena 12,650	17–29
47	April 29	@ Houston	W 91–81	Finley, Nowitzki (22)	Shawn Bradley (11)	Hubert Davis (6)	Compaq Center 16,285	18–29

May: 1–2 (home: 1–0; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
48	May 1	Golden State	W 105–94	Michael Finley (31)	Shawn Bradley (15)	Davis, Strickland (6)	Reunion Arena 15,669	19–29
49	May 3	@ L.A. Lakers	L 102–115	Michael Finley (24)	Chris Anstey (7)	Erick Strickland (6)	Great Western Forum 17,505	19–30
50	May 4	@ Seattle	L 100–110	Michael Finley (34)	Shawn Bradley (15)	Michael Finley (6)	KeyArena 17,072	19–31

1998–99 schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Michael Finley	SF	50	50	2,051	263	218	66	15	1,009	41.0	5.3	4.4	1.3	.3	20.2
A.C. Green	PF	50	35	924	228	25	28	8	246	18.5	4.6	.5	.6	.2	4.9
Hubert Davis	SG	50	21	1,378	86	89	21	3	457	27.6	1.7	1.8	.4	.1	9.1
Shawn Bradley	C	49	33	1,294	392	40	35	159	420	26.4	8.0	.8	.7	3.2	8.6
Dirk Nowitzki	PF	47	24	958	162	47	29	27	385	20.4	3.4	1.0	.6	.6	8.2
Gary Trent	PF	45	23	1,362	351	77	29	23	719	30.3	7.8	1.7	.6	.5	16.0
Chris Anstey	C	41	4	470	97	27	18	13	134	11.5	2.4	.7	.4	.3	3.3
Steve Nash	PG	40	40	1,269	114	219	37	2	315	31.7	2.9	5.5	.9	.1	7.9
Samaki Walker	PF	39	2	568	143	6	9	16	229	14.6	3.7	.2	.2	.4	5.9
Erick Strickland	SG	33	2	567	83	64	40	2	249	17.2	2.5	1.9	1.2	.1	7.5
John Williams	C	25	11	403	83	15	13	18	29	16.1	3.3	.6	.5	.7	1.2
Robert Pack	PG	25	0	468	36	81	20	1	222	18.7	1.4	3.2	.8	.0	8.9
Cedric Ceballos	SF	13	5	352	85	12	7	5	163	27.1	6.5	.9	.5	.4	12.5
Bruno Šundov	C	3	0	11	0	1	0	0	4	3.7	.0	.3	.0	.0	1.3

Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Mavericks only.

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1998–99 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Miami New Jersey New York Orlando Philadelphia Washington
Central	Atlanta Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee Toronto

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Minnesota San Antonio Utah Vancouver
Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Sacramento Seattle

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